2025 Erosion and Sediment Control Field School
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 to Thursday, November 13, 2025
Registration is full. Please email info@calsalmon.org to be placed on the waitlist.
SRF is partnering with Pacific Watershed Associates to offer an Erosion and Sediment Control Field School November 11 - 13, 2025 in San Luis Obispo County. This technical field course is a part of our Central Coast BMP Education Series and is funded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fisheries Restoration Grant Program. The agenda is designed to assist planners, regulators, environmental scientists, engineers, and landowners to improve environmental protection by identifying, assessing, and ultimately designing erosion control projects. The field school will include topics such as:
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Identifying sediment sources and quantifying erosion volumes
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Evaluating sediment sources for their potential to deliver sediment to streams
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Assessing environmental impacts from accelerated erosion and sediment delivery
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Creating erosion control and prevention plans
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Identifying high priority erosion and sediment control activities on post wildfire landscapes
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Assessing, prioritizing and estimating costs of post wildfire road treatments
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Designing, procuring and evaluating grading plans and permits
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Environmental permitting application process and requirements
There will be a field tour component that will complement classroom topics, including a review of techniques to identify, characterize and treat road related sediment sources which can be used to create prioritized action plans for wildland road systems.
Scholarships: With support from CDFW, SRF will be offering two full scholarships to this course. Applicants do not need to pre-register for the field school in order to submit a scholarship application. SRF will prioritize underrepresented members of the watershed restoration field including but not limited to, tribal members, students, and rural landowners. Please use or share this form to apply. We are holding two spots on our full roster for the receipients.
Agenda TBA
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Arroyo Grande
, CA
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